CHAWK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHAWK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CHAWK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAWK is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAWK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chawksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAWK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHAWK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does CHAWK mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectregional
A jackdaw, a small dark grey-headed crow, in Cornish dialect.
Chawk is a local Cornish name for the jackdaw, a bird known for its harsh chattering call and its habit of nesting in chimneys and church towers. The word likely imitates the sound of the bird's cry, in the same way as the more common name jackdaw refers to its chattering.
How CHAWK is used
Regional; heard mainly in Cornwall and rarely used outside local dialect speech.
- A chawk clattered noisily from the old chimney pot.
- Villagers still call the jackdaw a chawk in parts of Cornwall.
- The chawk perched on the church tower before flying off.
- He recognised the chawk by its sharp, chattering call.
- A pair of chawks nested in the barn roof every spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAWK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHAWK
The 5 tiles of CHAWK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHAWK
1 longer words begin with CHAWK.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAWK
Common questions about CHAWK
- Is CHAWK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHAWK is not in it.
- How many points is CHAWK worth?
- CHAWK is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAWK mean?
- A jackdaw, a small dark grey-headed crow, in Cornish dialect.
- What letters can be added to CHAWK?
- CHAWK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHAWK:
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